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Chapter Three - Innocence Lost

Once again Chielle let herself get swept away by the music, half-closing her eyes in concentration to make every note sure and true and this time Chayla let it carry her away too. Thus it was that neither of them heard the frenzied footsteps running down the hall or the panicked screaming from outside�didn�t notice that is, until it was too late.
They were snapped back to reality by the sound of hollow clapping, which echoed chillingly around the large, domed hall. Chayla frowned and edged backwards, closer to Chielle, raising one arm as if to protect her daughter from whatever menace stalked them from the gloom beyond the stage lights.
A figure walked towards them their face a mask of maliciousness and evil that drove splinters of ice-cold fear into Chi�s heart, causing her to take an involuntary step backwards...an act that unwittingly saved her life. Chayla hissed at the stranger and her expression deepened into a full-blown scowl as she raised her fists, looking like she was preparing to fight. Chielle looked sharply between the two and couldn�t help but blink at the way Chayla was behaving � her kaa-san acted almost as if she knew the stranger!
For several moments the two of them just stood there, eyes locked, expressions grim, measuring each other up in their silent deadlock. Then the alien smirked and raised a hand.
It was all over in a heartbeat. Chayla barely had time to gasp as the alien�s three-pronged attack hit home, one beam piercing her stomach, one hitting her in the chest and the last severing her neck. All three beams went right through Chayla and would�ve hit Chi as well � if it hadn�t been for that half-step she had taken away from her mother just before. Chayla collapsed backwards into Chielle�s arms, the blood gushing freely from the deep wounds in a bright torrent that stained Chi�s clothing a deep, patchy red in a matter of seconds.
Chayla�s mouth opened and closed a few times as though she was trying to tell Chi something, but because of the wound in her throat, Chayla�s lungs were filling rapidly with her own blood and she was having enough trouble trying to pull in enough air to breathe, let alone speak. Her forehead creased with pain and frustration, Chayla finally managed to force out a single word, weak, no more than a breath, but nevertheless it carried the full weight of Chayla�s authority as a mother�"Run!"
Then with a final stricken look at her daughter and a long gurgling sigh, Chayla succumbed to her mortal wounds and gave in to the insistent pull of death.
"Kaa-san?" Chielle whispered shaking her softly. "KAA-SAN!" she screamed lifting her head to glare at the stranger who still stood there smirking. He raised a hand again, but this time his attack got no further than that. Frieza suddenly keeled over as Chielle drove her knee into his gut and slammed her elbow into the back of his head with all her might. Then, faster than anyone could blink, she was running out the door and down the hall in a mad dash for the exit.
The alien rubbed the back of his head and scowled, the little girl hadn�t seemed like much, but she had actually packed quite a punch for one so young. "The little creature attacked me!" he complained petulantly. A low laugh sounded from behind them and a green-haired man walked out of the darkness to stand beside the alien.

His eyes flicked to the mangled corpse onstage, lying there in a pool of slowly-congealing blood, the stage lights illuminating it as though it was the grisly end to some horrific play. "Well what did you expect mighty Frieza? You did just kill her mother after all." He asked mildly, dragging his eyes away from the gory scene onstage and back to the livid tyrant.

"So? She should�ve been paralysed with terror, not ready to attack!" The green-haired man known as Zarbon smirked slightly. "So obviously she�s either very brave, very stupid, a warrior or all of the above. But don�t worry about her Frieza�I�m sure the Ginyus can handle her."

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Chielle sprinted outside as fast as her legs could take her. The moment she ran out the door into the street she was assaulted by a wave of agony that was more intense than anything she had felt before. Even at the hospital she had never felt anything like this. Blinking back the tears that sprang to her eyes, Chielle pushed the pain she vicariously felt to the back of her mind and analysed the scenario she had stumbled into.
The dead and dying lay everywhere and the gutters ran red with a bright river of blood. Those still able to run did, screaming in terror until they were cut down by one of the strange alien�s soldiers. Chielle�s eyes came to rest on a bloody, mangled corpse in the middle of the street, still partly recognisable as a little girl about Chi�s age and Chi choked back a sob as she identified her best friend Chelsea.
Red, everything was red, the streets, the buildings, everything was painted with the sticky substance that was once a part of a thriving population, painted red from the carnage of innocent people. Now the streets were as silent as the death that haunted them, it�s pernicious stench hanging onerously in the hauntingly-still air.
In a great rush all the pain that she had pushed aside came back and Chielle threw back her head and howled � an ear-splitting wail full of pain and despair that resounded down the wide main streets and through the darkened alleys, and for a moment, just an instant, death retreated, fearing to tread in the path of one who was well and truly living...and well and truly pissed off.
Instinctively Chi powered up, her pain and losses making her ki grow all the more. Long tongues of flame blazed up in a bright aura around her, her eyes smouldered, and her flame lit up the darkened street, its heat causing the air around her to shimmer dangerously.
When she had gathered her energy, Chi walked down the road, leaving some of the carnage behind her as her eyes searched the streets and alleyways, darting from side to side, flicking everywhere, searching desperately for someone, her heart desperately hoping that they were still alive.

She found him half-conscious in a deserted alley surrounded by a pool of his own blood that was slowly oozing from numerous wounds all over his body. He was barely alive and the sight of him caused her to freeze in the mouth of the alley, staring numbly at him, her hands hanging helplessly at her sides.
A member of the Ginyu force swooped overhead and blinked as he saw the little girl and her flickering aura of fire. His expression quickly became smug and he activated the com-link on his scouter. "Hey captain�I�ve found the girl Zarbon warned us about�and oh boy, you�ve gotta see this!"
"Otousan!" Chielle cried, shaking off her shock and running to his side. She pressed two fingers to his throat and her eyes lit up with hope when she felt the faint fluttering of his pulse beneath her fingertips. Daemon swallowed heavily as he roused at her touch, realising who it was and raising a bloodstained hand to gently touch Chielle�s cheek. "My daughter" he whispered. "My precious child. Please�save yourself, you must survive�save yourself. Go to the spaceport, get a pod, escape while you can!"

"But what about you Otousan?" Chielle asked, tears filling her eyes.

"I�I am dead anyway�be strong Chielle, stay focused. I�I love you�"

"NO! Otousan don�t talk like that! If I must go I won�t leave without you! I WON�T let you die!" Chielle cried, her hands glowing with an intense healing light as she blinked back the unshed tears that threatened to blind her. She ran this light over Daemon�s wounds, determined to make him survive, her mother may be dead but her dad WOULD survive, he just HAD to! She couldn�t lose both her parents in one day, she just couldn�t! Daemon reached up and feebly tried to bat her hands away. "No Chielle�my�my dream�save yourself! Don�t fall into their hands!"

"Dream? What dream? Don�t fall into whose hands?" she asked, temporarily lowering her arms, her eyes wide with bewilderment.
Daemon opened his mouth to answer her but was cut off by an evil laugh from the sky above them, followed by a snide comment. "Well, well, well what do we have here men? A fallen leader and a little girlie that thinks she�s a warrior." Chielle whipped around to face those mocking her and her power level increased even more with the brief surge of anger that flooded over her.
"Oh I think the pretty little thing wants to fight us," the leader sneered as his scouter registered the change. Chielle narrowed her eyes at him, staying calm and focused and keeping her anger at bay. He was nearly twice her height (as were the rest of his men), lean but muscular, with unwholesome looking green skin surmounted by a shock of messy orange hair. The one thing she noticed almost immediately though, was the way he held himself with a definite air of self-assured confidence.

Ah there is his weakness Chielle thought smugly, he is cocky and overconfident, that will surely be his downfall. Now as for the rest�Chielle�s scrutiny turned to the rest of the group and she picked out obvious strengths and weaknesses in a glance. Hmm�they�re strong but strength isn�t everything, I�m much faster than they are and if it does come down to a confrontation then I should be able to beat them�it�ll take everything I�ve got but I have to believe in myself!

"Captain Ginyu may I have the honour of disposing of this little pest?" One man asked stepping forward with a bow. "Of course you may Purtan," Ginyu agreed pleasantly, "Show her what the Ginyu force is made of!" Purtan smirked at Chielle and raised his fists. Chielle stretched her shoulders briefly before mimicking the gesture and Purtan cocked his head arrogantly. "Ladies first" he said mockingly and Chielle smiled and rushed to the attack. He watched her but his smirk quickly turned into a look of shock as she disappeared and reappeared faster than he could blink. He fired a few ki blasts at her but none hit their mark�in fact none of them were anywhere close to hitting her. "DAMMIT stand still you little worm!" he cried with frustration, firing off another round of blasts.

"Whatever you say," Chielle replied amicably, coming to a stop behind him and kicking him in the back, sending him flying into a nearby building.
Purtan pulled himself from the rubble and charged at Chi, his fist raised to strike but Chi dodged nimbly to one side and aimed another kick at his arm. He turned quickly and grabbed her by the outstretched ankle and slammed her roughly to the ground, knocking the air out of her lungs. As she lay there struggling to fill her lungs with air, he lifted his foot and brought it down on her ribs�hard.
There was a sickening crack as several of the delicate bones snapped with the blow, causing Chielle to scream and savagely lash out with her foot, aiming a solid kick at his leg, connecting, and she felt the bone in his lower leg snap satisfyingly with the blow. He groaned and staggered backwards, giving Chi the opportunity she needed to climb back to her feet and restart the battle.
Taking advantage of Purtan�s momentary lapse in concentration, Chi punched him squarely in the jaw, her hand instinctively surrounded by scorching, blazing ki, causing him to reel backwards with the pain as it struck. But he wasn't out of the fight yet as Chi was to discover. She suddenly cried out as hot fire laced across her cheek and shoulder, searing the skin and biting deep, the hot blood flowing freely down her face, the pain almost blinding.
Purtan smiled as his ki blast hit and once again he pressed the attack, thinking to end the fight once and for all. When her vision cleared enough for her to see his furious charge, Chielle concentrated on her power, her instincts taking over and the fire surrounding her blazed up dangerously. She channelled her energy into the flames, pulling them under her conscious control and in that one instant Chi�s dominance over fire became total and she became complete master of the element.
Purtan�s attack slowed then stopped completely as a wall of fire sprang up in his path. He faltered and the look in his eyes became panicked. Now is the time to end it something ominous whispered darkly in Chi�s mind. End it now�for the good of the planet�

Chi looked at Purtan and once again she tapped into the instinctual knowledge that lay deep within herself. Her hand glowed an angry red and she shouted "Zenzouken Beam!" before firing the deadly blast at her opponent. Purtan�s eyes widened as the narrow beam hit, piercing his heart, then he slumped forward, lifeless, bright blood gushing from his mouth and mixing with the blood already staining Chi�s hands and clothing. Chielle just stood there for a long while, staring numbly at his corpse sprawled at her feet as the implications of her actions sank in. Oh my Kami what have I done? She finally asked herself.

Something that can never be undone that smug, whispering voice told her from deep within her mind. And there will be many more killings like this to come...
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